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Sasha Braus
"Hey, you!"
"Here!"
"Who are you?"
"Armin Arlert, from Shiganshina District."
"Arlert, what are you doing here? The Training Corps doesn't welcome snot-nosed brats!"
"To help humanity achieve victory!"
"Very good answer. Then prepare to become Titan bait."
The training grounds echoed with vigorous rebukes as Keith, an instructor of the Training Corps, put some of the recruits through an intimidation-based baptism. Armin, who was somewhat frail in both stature and temperament, was naturally scolded as well.
The purpose of this baptism was to reject their former cowardly selves and cultivate people suited to becoming soldiers from a fresh state of mind.
However, some already possessed the spirit of a warrior. Even when truly faced with the terror of Titans, they would not panic in the slightest. There was no need to apply meaningless mental pressure to such people.
Lianye stood expressionlessly in the back row. Along with Reiner Braun and Bertholdt, he was among the taller members of the group, allowing him to calmly observe everyone before him and listen to Instructor Keith's lecture.
"You're nothing but livestock now—not even as good as livestock!" "The Royal Capital wouldn't want a body like yours even if you offered it up!"
A string of verbal attacks spewed from Keith's mouth as he berated every recruit whose resolve showed even the slightest wavering. Many frightened recruits immediately submitted, shouting, "Yes, I'm not even as good as livestock!"
It had to be said that Keith's foul mouth, combined with his devilish face and tone, was immensely intimidating.
But to Lianye, this was child's play.
After all, as a League of Legends player—a Summoner—you might think a 5v5 team competition game would teach you fine qualities like teamwork, friendship, mutual support, and perseverance. But after several thousand battles on Summoner's Rift, you would realize that was all fake. What everyone learned more than anything was resistance to trash talk and trashy people, constantly tempering their self-restraint and mental resilience beneath countless enemy flamers and traitors on their own side.
So, League of Legends had still brought Lianye a considerable amount of growth. At the very least, it had made him an outstanding master of verbal warfare with an incredibly strong mentality—someone who would not mentally collapse no matter how dire the disadvantage, and who dared to flame back at flamers from every direction.
—Well, that counted as growth, more or less.
Of course, since he, Reiner, and Bertholdt already possessed the qualities of mature warriors, Keith did not linger before the three in the back row and continued berating the others.
A few minutes later, the farce of the scolding escalated further. While Keith was baptizing the recruits, Potato Girl Sasha Braus calmly pulled a still-warm potato from her chest and began eating it with great seriousness. Her refusal to waste food made countless food lovers feel ashamed of themselves. Unfortunately, her nerves were about as coarse as potato fibers. When Instructor Keith rebuked her, Sasha calmly answered, "I stole the potato from the kitchen," leaving everyone speechless.
"I don't care where you got your potato! My question is, why are you eating a potato here?!"
Keith's anger had already soared to a certain threshold because of Sasha's unbelievably thick nerves.
"Because the potato is here. Food tastes best when eaten hot. If you leave it for too long, it'll go to waste—"
Why climb a mountain? Because the mountain was there.
Oblivious to the situation, Sasha still gave her answer earnestly. Though her simple words might have contained a fair degree of philosophy, she ultimately received the punishment of running laps around the training grounds until nighttime rest, with dinner canceled as well.
Setting aside the inhumanly long run, when Sasha Braus heard that dinner had been canceled, the tragedy on her face was deeply moving.
What an interesting fellow.
Lianye could not help thinking so. Moreover, Sasha Braus had been a hunter before this, and he was quite willing to deal with this simply "stupid" fool.
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